[NTLUG:Discuss] Evolution - import - export

[Alton Pouncey]

Evolution contacts are in a Berkley DB file format.  You can run a 
multitude of scripts or Perl snippets to put the contacts in the format 
you need to get them imported into Thunderbird (I don't know what format 
Thunderbird uses).  I run strings on the contacts database and save the 
output to a file when I need to find contact information without having to 
go into Evolution.

I would assume the addressbook is either a text file or Berkley database 
as well.

Also, take a look at the following for further help:

	http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/users/2004-January/012873.html

Alton R. Pouncey, II

On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Terry Henderson wrote:

> Evolutioin seems to only have import, no export. What's up?
> Is there a workaround?  or not?
> 
> My cousin is wanting to switch from Evolution to Tunderbird and has an
> extensive addressbook in Evolutioin.  Is there some way he can
> transfer that data to Thunderbird's addressbook.
> 
> Question #2
> I have [another] friend who's switched to Linux [from Win98].  (I helped a lot.)
> She has Win98 on hdb (old computer died, I installed the drive from
> her old PC as slave in her new computer).
> Is there any way to get her addressbook from Outlook Express?  
> 
> (She too is using Thunderbird, thanks to me).
> [Sorry, but Thunderbird is just the most user friendly one around.]
> 
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